Friday, January 6, 2012

TGIF! Feature, & Follow Friday (18)

Well Pretties, it's been ages since last we had a chance to participate in these two wonderful Friday memes. We've greatly missed the fun these hops could bring, and are excited to jump back in for the New Year.

Go count the number of unread books sitting on your shelf. How many?

Jesse: On my literal shelf, I have about 10 books that have not been read yet. But if we're talking digital shelves, I don't think I want to count that high. I'll estimate and say it's around 200 though.

Heh...so the grand total is: 331 books/ebooks, give or take a few. And that's just books/ebooks I have in my possession. I have a few more I'm expecting to arrive any day now, pre-orders, etc. Now you know what i mean when I say I'm so far behind on my reading...

Reading Resolutions: What are some of your reading goals for the new year?

Jesse: Last year my goal was to hit 100 books by December 31st 2011. I fell short of that goal, only hitting 75. This year I hope to make it to 100 books, if not more. Maybe whittle down that large number of unread books on my shelves (literal and digital alike).

Kira: Well, I attempted the 2011 challenge on Goodreads last year for 100 books. I failed miserably. In my defense, I was doing awesome, perfectly on schedule, 'til this whole blogging thing came along. I honestly didn't think it would take up so much of my reading time. Hopefully, now that I do know and have grown a bit accustomed to it, I can tackle that goal of 100 again, and actually succeed. So that's what I'm doing this year.

There are also a couple of other reading challenges for the year that I've been looking into. Not entirely sold on them yet, if only because I have to work my book blogging schedule around them. The Debut Author Challenge should pretty much be a go, though.

On a less challenge-y note, I want to finish the round-about 1200 books I'm in the middle of. Ok, so it's not really that many, but I'm terrible with the whole: Ohh! Shiny, new(-to-me) book! Must read and forget the other(s) thing. Let's just say I can no longer count on both hands how many books I've started but haven't finished yet, only because I got distracted by another book (and then another, and then another, and then...).